Unveiling the Transformative Power of Stephen Biko's Message

As a civil rights activist in the 1960s and 1970s, South African Steve Biko is considered the father of black consciousness. For Bantu Stephen Biko. Born: 18 December 1946 Murdered: 12 September 1977. You fanned the fires of black pride, facing down the racists trapped in their ... In 1968 a 22-year-old medical student walked out of the conference for the National Union for South African students. Steve Biko was enraged ... Steve Biko was an anti-apartheid activist who spearheaded the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa. A student leader and anti-apartheid activist named Steve Biko founded the Black Consciousness Movement to mobilize and empower the urban black population. Steve Biko, founder of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa. His death from injuries suffered while in police custody made him ... Biko who led the Black Consciousness Movement in the late 1960's rose to become the most vociferous voice of resistance in the country. Biko's testimony at the trial of his nine colleagues in the Black Consciousness movement reveals his positions on political freedom, revolution, racism, ... Bantu Stephen Biko was born in Tylden on the 18th December 1946, the third child of the late Matthew Mzingaye and Alice Nokuzola “Mamcethe” Biko. He attended ... 30 years after his death, Bantu Stephen Biko is memorialized as one of the most important activists of South Africa's apartheid era.